Another wheel day (and so on).
I took in a rear wheel from a customer that was built with a DT RR441 offset rim.
Apparently it was assembled by an acquaintance who used to run a shop.
Industry Nine hub, 24H
All champion (4-cross) lacing.
Oh, is this guy just copying the Nom Lab method?!
At the time of drop-off, the rim was shifted to the right—an amount that could occur from years of use—so it's unclear whether it was already off-center when built. However, since the matching non-offset RR411 rim front wheel with radial lacing has shifted considerably even though it shouldn't have shifted at all from normal use, it's pretty likely the rear wheel was off-center from the start.
The customer also has a wheel I built separately, and because of that, this one felt too loose to them. Initially they brought it in wanting more tension, but the spoke tension was already quite high, and under these conditions it wouldn't transform much, so I decided to rebuild it.
Done building.
Champion / CX Sprint 4-cross lacing
With spoke wrapping.
I reused the Champion on the freehub side, but the rear wheel's nipples (Squolux nipples) had many rounded-off corners because the spoke wrench grabbed the inner rim edge and turned them after wheel assembly, so I replaced all the nipples.
I took in a rear wheel from a customer that was built with a DT RR441 offset rim.
Apparently it was assembled by an acquaintance who used to run a shop.
Industry Nine hub, 24H
All champion (4-cross) lacing.
At the time of drop-off, the rim was shifted to the right—an amount that could occur from years of use—so it's unclear whether it was already off-center when built. However, since the matching non-offset RR411 rim front wheel with radial lacing has shifted considerably even though it shouldn't have shifted at all from normal use, it's pretty likely the rear wheel was off-center from the start.
The customer also has a wheel I built separately, and because of that, this one felt too loose to them. Initially they brought it in wanting more tension, but the spoke tension was already quite high, and under these conditions it wouldn't transform much, so I decided to rebuild it.
Done building.
Champion / CX Sprint 4-cross lacing
With spoke wrapping.
I reused the Champion on the freehub side, but the rear wheel's nipples (Squolux nipples) had many rounded-off corners because the spoke wrench grabbed the inner rim edge and turned them after wheel assembly, so I replaced all the nipples.